A chef wants to open a new Italian restaurant. He wishes to find out which kinds of pasta (spaghetti, linguini, or penne) will be the most popular with potential customers.
He hires a polling organization to survey the market. The company builds a telephone survey list by selecting one person at random from the first page of the telephone book, who turns out to be the 123rd person on the page. The company then fills out the list by adding the 123rd person on every page of the book.
This is an example of which of the following sampling techniques?
A. Simple random sample
B. Convenience

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A chef wants to open a new Italian restaurant. He wishes to find out which kinds of pasta (spaghetti, linguini, or penne) will be the most popular with potential customers.
He hires a polling organization to survey the market. The company builds a telephone survey list by selecting one person at random from the first page of the telephone book, who turns out to be the 123rd person on the page. The company then fills out the list by adding the 123rd person on every page of the book.
This is an example of which of the following sampling techniques?
A. Simple random sample
B. Convenience